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Jonny Maths
10:58am Mon 9 Jun 14

I use this road often on my motor bike. I never exceed the speed limit. But,,, almost every time I am on that road there are others tearing around at 60mph.... its nice and straight so very easy for the police to set up a camera van. Why do they not ? because they would not catch as many people as they do in other cash cow ( and less dangerous ) roads like the hill towards the humble at Sarisbury Green. This is one of the most dangerous roads in Southampton for pedestrians imo. I hope she gets better very soon and PLEASE SSC take a look at this road.

I use this road often on my motor bike. I never exceed the speed limit. But,,, almost every time I am on that road there are others tearing around at 60mph.... its nice and straight so very easy for the police to set up a camera van. Why do they not ? because they would not catch as many people as they do in other cash cow ( and less dangerous ) roads like the hill towards the humble at Sarisbury Green. This is one of the most dangerous roads in Southampton for pedestrians imo. I hope she gets better very soon and PLEASE SSC take a look at this road.Jonny Maths

I use this road often on my motor bike. I never exceed the speed limit. But,,, almost every time I am on that road there are others tearing around at 60mph.... its nice and straight so very easy for the police to set up a camera van. Why do they not ? because they would not catch as many people as they do in other cash cow ( and less dangerous ) roads like the hill towards the humble at Sarisbury Green. This is one of the most dangerous roads in Southampton for pedestrians imo. I hope she gets better very soon and PLEASE SSC take a look at this road.

Score: 13

Littlemoog
8:51am Mon 9 Jun 14

I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.

I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.Littlemoog

I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.

Score: 46

Hestie-Booble
8:00am Mon 9 Jun 14

Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)

Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)Hestie-Booble

Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)

Score: 35

ellieh1986
8:30am Mon 9 Jun 14

Need to put a proper crossing on this road especially right on top of the school. Its the 2nd child in a week that has been hit by a car there and the speed people go is stupid

Need to put a proper crossing on this road especially right on top of the school. Its the 2nd child in a week that has been hit by a car there and the speed people go is stupidellieh1986

Need to put a proper crossing on this road especially right on top of the school. Its the 2nd child in a week that has been hit by a car there and the speed people go is stupid

Score: 24

Kirsty666
8:07am Mon 9 Jun 14

Hestie-Booble wrote…

Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)

Couldn't agree more

[quote][p][bold]Hestie-Booble[/bold] wrote:
Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)[/p][/quote]Couldn't agree moreKirsty666

Hestie-Booble wrote…

Poor little thing, wishing her a speedy recovery. We are so lucky to have the air ambulance, I try to support them financially as often as I can, total heroes :)

Couldn't agree more

Score: 24

ellieh1986
8:30am Mon 9 Jun 14

Hope she makes a full speedy recovery aswell xx

Hope she makes a full speedy recovery aswell xxellieh1986

Hope she makes a full speedy recovery aswell xx

Score: 12

sue1956
8:51am Mon 9 Jun 14

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Why is it 40mph on that road?sue1956

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Score: 15

666sfc
9:35am Mon 9 Jun 14

sue1956 wrote…

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.

[quote][p][bold]sue1956[/bold] wrote:
Why is it 40mph on that road?[/p][/quote]Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.666sfc

sue1956 wrote…

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.

Score: 6

excusemoi
9:56am Mon 9 Jun 14

Please get better little girl.

Please get better little girl.excusemoi

Please get better little girl.

Score: 9

small_voice
10:07am Mon 9 Jun 14

Wish the girl a speedy recovery.
It is not the 40 mph speed limit but the drivers who exceed it and drive within 2ft of the car in front. Maybe the Police can give up a night raising funds for their Christmas do on West Quay Road and target roads which are more residential and have a higher level of danger to pedestrians but would raise less funds. This road and also Newtown Road drivers using it as a race track.

Wish the girl a speedy recovery.
It is not the 40 mph speed limit but the drivers who exceed it and drive within 2ft of the car in front. Maybe the Police can give up a night raising funds for their Christmas do on West Quay Road and target roads which are more residential and have a higher level of danger to pedestrians but would raise less funds. This road and also Newtown Road drivers using it as a race track.small_voice

Wish the girl a speedy recovery.
It is not the 40 mph speed limit but the drivers who exceed it and drive within 2ft of the car in front. Maybe the Police can give up a night raising funds for their Christmas do on West Quay Road and target roads which are more residential and have a higher level of danger to pedestrians but would raise less funds. This road and also Newtown Road drivers using it as a race track.

Score: 12

Block41row0sfc
12:47pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Littlemoog wrote…

I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.

Have a day off Mandela.

Hope the girl recovers speedy.

[quote][p][bold]Littlemoog[/bold] wrote:
I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.[/p][/quote]Have a day off Mandela.
Hope the girl recovers speedy.Block41row0sfc

Littlemoog wrote…

I live right by this crossing. This is the SECOND child who has been knocked over THIS WEEK, at the same spot. I was was one if the neighbours on the scene afterwards too. She was helped immediately by two passer bus who administered first aid and were just fantastic with her. Thankfully, though her injuries are serious, she survived the accident.
I am sick to death of everybody using Botley road as a race track, at all hours of the day. From my garden I hear the cars and bikes accelerate past my house. I have seen cars over take on the crossing, as well as ignore the lollipop lady (who herself was injured on this crossing recently) I have spoken to the local councillors and John Denham, in the past, about putting in a proper zebra/pelican crossing by the school- but was told that there hadn't been enough fatalities to warrant one!! We have to wait for OUR children or members of OUR community to be fatality injured before we can have a safe place to cross, or any traffic calming measures. The speed limit actually increases at the same point as the crossing! Most schools have a 20 mile limit past them. Valentines have a 40! The council need to act now. This crossing and the speeding on Botley Road has been brought up by the community over and over again. Enough is enough.

Have a day off Mandela.

Hope the girl recovers speedy.

Score: -12

downfader
3:45pm Mon 9 Jun 14

666sfc wrote…

sue1956 wrote…

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.

It used to be 60 iirc when I went there as a lad. Horrible road at the time. There also used to be crossing patrol people there, but being a sunday...

Its not that long a road either, so I dont know why they cant just simplify the limit there to 30 for the entire stretch. There are a lot of homes there now. Way, way more than 35 years ago.

[quote][p][bold]666sfc[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]sue1956[/bold] wrote:
Why is it 40mph on that road?[/p][/quote]Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.[/p][/quote]It used to be 60 iirc when I went there as a lad. Horrible road at the time. There also used to be crossing patrol people there, but being a sunday...
Its not that long a road either, so I dont know why they cant just simplify the limit there to 30 for the entire stretch. There are a lot of homes there now. Way, way more than 35 years ago.downfader

666sfc wrote…

sue1956 wrote…

Why is it 40mph on that road?

Because it's not a built up area. One side of the road being fields.
The 30mph limit is about 200 metres past the school travelling from Bursledon Rd to Portsmouth Rd when you enter the built up area.

It used to be 60 iirc when I went there as a lad. Horrible road at the time. There also used to be crossing patrol people there, but being a sunday...

Its not that long a road either, so I dont know why they cant just simplify the limit there to 30 for the entire stretch. There are a lot of homes there now. Way, way more than 35 years ago.

Score: 4

SholingBoy
9:56pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Be good to raise at the next Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting for Sholing on 12th June.It will be held as normal at St Andrews Church at 19:00pm.

Be good to raise at the next Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting for Sholing on 12th June.It will be held as normal at St Andrews Church at 19:00pm.SholingBoy

Be good to raise at the next Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting for Sholing on 12th June.It will be held as normal at St Andrews Church at 19:00pm.

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